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Lakewood masseur arrested on suspicion of sex crime

A Lakewood masseur has been arrested on suspicion of unlawfully touching a client.

Steven Emerson Noble , 27 , was employed by the Colorado School of Healing Arts when he allegedly "touched a 16-year-old massage client in a sexual manner," according to a Jefferson County District Attorney's Office media release.

The incident happened Jan. 14, according to court records.

The teenager and her mother had gone to the Lakewood school for massages and afterward the teen told her mother that "Noble had inappropriately touched her intimate parts, exposed her upper body and taken photographs of her while her upper body was exposed," the DA's office said.

The girl's mother contacted Lakewood Police, who investigated the allegations and presented a case to prosecutors.

The school issued a statement about Noble on Monday:

Colorado School of Healing Arts "provides a professional clinic by which state registered massage therapists provide professional massage services to the general public. Mr. Noble is a Colorado state registered massage therapist and had been employed for three months in the professional clini, at the time of the alleged incident. He is no longer employed at the Colorado School of Healing Arts."

Noble, who is free on a $5,000 bond, appeared in court Friday and the district attorney has until Thursday to decide whether to file charges. His next court appearance is scheduled for Thursday.